What big eyes you have...

Possibly the greatest allure of wildlife watching is the tangible sense of  anticipation for what may lie around every corner - of possible new species to encounter or new behaviours to witness from more familiar characters. The scene below was photographed by regular (almost resident) visitor Dan Dench and probably falls into the latter category as, to my knowledge, a fox taking to birdwatching is an entirely new phenomenon.

Strangely the moorhen seems either unaware or unconcerned by the cunning ones intense predatory gaze - or perhaps a summer spent avoiding the clutches of our marsh harriers have provided a sense of perspective, enabling it to view a mere fox with a world weary shrug of the shoulders?

Many thanks to Dan for the photograph.